Acne prescription treatment?
Hey guys, thanks for your help.
I have pretty good skin, although my forehead has a bunch of spots, not acne, just scars, darker little dots.
Sometimes i break out, and usually have at least 10 small zits on my face at one time.
My doctor randomly prescribed Benzoyl Peroxide Gel and Tretinoin Gel to be applied every day, one each day.
It says that you will break out initially, can't go out in the sun and that it will lighten your skin. I start school in two weeks, pictures are next week, and homecoming is october 2nd.
My mom dropped the prescriptions off last night, so i have 0 worth of acne stuff i dont even know if i want. its not returnable.
How can i go to school everyday with the best possible skin? I want to be able to wake up and not have to wear makeup all over my face everyday. I don't want to go through a long period of time when i look terrible.
as of now, i wash my face twice daily, and kinda like my skin. I want it to be better for school though, and would probably wear makeup. I wore tons of makeup every day last year, and would prefer not to have to again.
I'm tan now and would go tanning outside before homecoming, and really don't want gross, flaky, peeling red skin that cannot tan based on directions.
What should i do? I don't even know if i want to use the acne medications, but i feel like i must or my mom would get mad, and it would be a terrible waste of money. They "expire" in three months, but i think i could use them after that.
Please help me if you've used them or have advice!
Thank you so much.
September 6th, 2010 - 09:18
My dermatologist also prescribed me with retin-a and aczone, which is the same thing you were prescribed.
It does make you break out a little in the beginning but things get much better, don’t use that much in the beginning though to see how much your skin really needs. That will also lower your chances of breaking out before school.
Be sure to moisturize your face every morning and night though because it will dry out your skin but that’s just showing that its working.
I wouldn’t recommend tanning, i did when i first started using the products and now have faint scars on my cheeks from the burn.
&once they expire it could mean the products have just gotten stronger,
-I hope this helped!